The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-06

lays On business was on the wrecks
/ train, but such was not the case
The judge did not leave the city unit
this morning and IL safe and sound
A PAssEN0KR's ACCOUNT,
TOLEDO, Chic. Jan. 4--Chaa- +. Tel
and wife, Of Detroit. who were on thl
Erecktd Baltimore q Ohio train TIL
mnrning, passed through here 81 noon
Tall gives thus account of the disaster
The train was the Baltimore q Ohio Inn
"a d express No. 3. which left Washington
:Ity ~ 10 =. "a. yesterday. The train con-
sisted % the engine, baggage car. one
coach and two sleeDers. At 2:l5 thiI
morning he was awakeped BY being ViO-
sently thrown from his bsrth. The tTaiL
collided with the east-bOund freight
Shich had got atalled . mile west OF Re-
public and eight miles east Of TIfhn. The
two engines were utterly wrecked and the
coach was tslescoped into the baggage CA
o completely that the two cars were
crushed into the space OF one. The two
sies pers did not leave the track. The tel
sscOped cars caught IRE from the stoves
and the mangled and crushed passenge1e
imprisoned in the shattered wreck Shrek
ed In agony - the flames proceeded
with their WHY OF Destruction The
ngiDser and fireman of the freight
leaped and saved themselves before the
named Eastman. had . leg broken and
sustained q severe Wouad IN the shoulder.
HIs fireman was caught between the en-
CINE and tender and died in few minutes.
The uninjured passengers ana residents Of
the neIgh borhOod set 70 work TO aid the
sounded passengers In the burning cars,
resccisg all who could be reached. Up 20
the time Tall left. which was 1t O'Clock,
Eve dead bodies bad been rescued from
The wreck. The bsggageman OF the express
was thrown through tina TO II OF his car, es.
Gaping with a broken leg The express
messenger. who was sitting beside him.
vas killed Instantly. No one In the
sleepeTs was iDjurec in the least. Among
the pAsse ngeFs 10 the sleeperS were Mrs.
Fish of Joliet. Illinois. sister OF General
Logan, and her son Charles, neither Of
whom were Injured. The shock was so
terrific that the farmers IN the neigh
bOrhOod thought IL was ah earthquake
and were soon at the scene OF
: hot dispute arose among the tFaiB hands
as TO the responsibility for the disaster. II
appeared that the freight tT Iin WAS run
ninR on the time Of the express, and the
engineer Was heard 10 remark that he had
left the last siding with only thirty pounds
OF steam, and on sD mp grade east Of TIL
10 his engine went back on him and the
train stalled. No danger signsIs were sent
out ahead and the express running at full
speed down grade and around acurvO had
no warning OF the impending disaster
until At the instant OF the collIsion.
NAMES OF IDENTIFIED VICTIMS.
The names OF the dead a. tar - idsnti-
fed are rs follows: r. @. BARLEY. Wash
ington; WillIsm Frederick, Wsshin gton /;
fireman of the express; Joseph OStermAn
and two sons Of MsrtinsburR. West Vir-
ginis. Mrs Osterman and two other
children were saved. The smoker WAS
entirely consumed and all the passengers
in Il killed The mail and express mat
ter Yves destroyed. There are about .
dozen Woundad, who have been taken to
Republic and are being cared for BY the
citizens.
CAUSED BY CARELEssNEss.
GIN CINNATI, Jan. 4-The Gunner
ciAl G azette, Tifaa, special reports . d.
versity of opinion regarding the real
cause OF the accident. The reports agree
that there WAS cArelessness on the part Of
tie railroad employees, but whether the
blame should be attached TO the freight
or pasaepRer crew Il . matter Of coDjec-
ture. A thorough Investigation Will be
made. The coroner has taken charge OF
the dead. The Commercial correspond
ent gives seventeen as the number
killed and says that out Of fifteen paSsen-
Eers in the smoker but one escaped.
REVIEWING THE WRECK.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Among the survivors
OF the wreck on the Baltimore q Ohio
who arrived here early this morning are
Harry Foi Iesier OF Baltimore, who was
mOst severely injured. To . reporter he
said: VI can't tell you much about the
way the thing happened. Il was quick as
a flash. How got through the millions
OF splinters and falling umbers don't
know. When l got out the cars were on
nrs and could hear people still crying
out IN agunized cries fer help. There
set med 10 be wounded peopls everywhere,
all crying for aid. l was covered with
blood from woGGds on my head and could
not do mucn TO assist. The Groans OF
those in the burning cars were awful.
There were only four of Us, think, out
e. ghteen who got out OF the smoking car. "
Prot. Francis Kendall Of Crete, Neb.,
said: was sitting in the nrst-class
coach, which was coupled In the rear OF
the smoking car and aneAd Of TWO sleep
srs. Our tirst intimAtlOn of danger was Z
sharp application OF the brakes and re-
versing of the engine with such sudden
ness that we were thrown forward in OuI
seals and then came q deatentng crash IL
front OF Us and our Car Was shaken up 81
II by an earthquake. All the glass in the
windows was broken. We were thrown
all oyer the car and We all got out Al
quickly as possible. The baggage AND
smokIn2 cars were one pile OF kIndllDG
wood which had already caught f1re. We
lrisd TO AID those at work In the burninG
cars but the heat was go intense that WI
we're driven back. There were severs
persona 10 be seen in the flames but thsy
were hey Ond human help. Some were aliy.
and their agODiZlDg cries could be heard
We then ran forward 10 The engine. Her
we found the HreIDan j4mmed Ia between
the boiler head and The water tank, and
with sxss, saws and Iimbers We Workel
Tor nearly an hour 10 release him, bu
without success. he was caught BY IN
lower limbs, and finally died before on
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